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Atomic Spectra in a Six-Level Scheme for Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Autler-Townes Splitting in Rydberg Atoms
Published
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, Amy K. Robinson, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse, Matthew T. Simons
Abstract
We investigate electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and Autler-Townes (AT) splitting in Rydberg rubidium atoms for a six-level excitation scheme. In this six-level system, one radiofrequency field simultaneously couples to two high-laying Rydberg states and results in interesting atomic spectra observed in the EIT lines. We present experimental results for several excitation parameters. We also present a two theoretical models for this atomic system, where these two models capture different aspects of the observed spectra. These models shows very good agreement to the experimental data.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Holloway, C.
, Robinson, A.
, Artusio-Glimpse, A.
and Simons, M.
(2021),
Atomic Spectra in a Six-Level Scheme for Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Autler-Townes Splitting in Rydberg Atoms, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.023704
(Accessed October 7, 2025)